BWARI RAINS

Bwari;

    

     Your rains are fun indeed

     Just no warnings are seen

     Then in a flash....

    

     vaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     vaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



     It comes,

     Windy rains of Bwari

     Falling clothes, flooded paths, running feet



     vaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



     Only minutes..

     Then a smile,

     Sunny smile from the east

     Unfolding horizon

     Sudden bright and gay

     The sun is out; the rain is gone.



                  ____ Nigerian Law School, Bwari, 19th May '98


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Bwari houses the main campus of the Nigerian Law School. Its rains come and go without warning, as the above poem shows.

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